Thanks to everyone who entered and supported Open Mic Week 109. Community support for Open Mic has been tremendous and is one of many projects bringing the music community together on Steemit.

Luzcypher's Announcement For Steem Witness --- by @luzcypher

Support Musicians On Steemit

I LOVE OPEN MIC // Discover How It Works, Get Involved, Take ADVANTAGE! --- by @siomarasalmeron

How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher

Operation We Are The Open Mic --- by @meno

Let's Keep @pfunk In The Top 20 Witnesses By Voting For Him As A Steemit Witness

@pfunk has been sponsoring Steemit Open Mic since I first started it and I want to give a big thank you to him and all the people who support and take part in Steemit Open Mic.

@pfunk is a Steemit witness and helps keep the platform working and you can vote for him here Please go vote for him right now. This post will show you how.

Vote For Pfunk For Witness And Keep Steemit Open Mic Growing Strong We Need Your Help Now

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More Open Mic Sponsors

Over the last week Open Mic was contacted and offered some more sponsorship from:

@ausbitbank is a top 20 witness on Steemit involved in more supporting projects on the Steem blockchain than I can list. He is a big part of the minnowsupportproject.org, the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty network on Discord, and delegates to many good causes on Steemit. You can vote for him as a wtness here. He just reached out and donated 100 Steem per week to help Open Mic

@Curie helps curate new people who contribute good content and has been supporting Open Mic musicians behind the scenes since Open Mic started. They helped me and countless others get our posts seen when we first started on the platform. Many Open Mic musicians have been featured on their weekly Author's Showcase posts. They are a top 20 witness and have contributed 25 Steem per week for the next two months to help Open Mic. You can vote for them as witness here

MSP-Waves Radio in association with the Minnow Support Project and the Peace, Abundance, Liberty Network is a weekly radio program hosted by @Krystle, @swelker101, and @isaria that features the weekly Top 5 judges picks from Steemit Open Mic. Not only do they give weekly prizes to audience picked performers from the contest, but they have also started sponsoring Open Mic with a 25 Steem weekly donation! How cool is that? Thank you for helping support musicians on the Steemit platform.

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Steemit Open Mic Rules

• The cutoff date for entries was Friday the 2nd of November, 2018 at 12 UTC TIME Find your UTC time here.
• Only 1 entry per person per week
• "Steemit Open Mic Week 109" must the beginning of the post title.
• "Steemit Open Mic Week 100" must be said at the beginning of your video and your username.
• Live performances only specifically made for this contest.
• openmic must be the first tag
• Add a link to your post in the comments of the contest post.
• You must upvote this post.
• If your song is an original song then add the word "Original" somewhere in your title
• You can use DTube but include an embedded YouTube or Vimeo video too.

Steemit Open Mic Loves Dtube So Why Do I Have To Add A Youtube Video To My Open Mic Entry --- by @luzcypher

Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes.

Big shout out to @lukestokes who delegated 5,000 SP to the @openmic account! Thanks for your support.

I just want to remind everyone that votes are only part of the selection process. Entertainment value and performance is factored in too.

To learn more about the rules to entering the contest please read What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways

Common Questions When Entering Steemit Open Mic --- by @luzcypher

The coolest thing about Open Mic is it brings the Steemit community together and that is the whole point of this project.

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Meet up with the Open Mic community at Open Mic on Discord and chat with all of the people who enter Open Mic there. It's a great way to interact with the Open Mic community. Your links to your entry is automatically added to the Discord channel, so please don't add links, just come to chat with the community.

Join the Facebook page for Steemit Musicians you can read about here or go straight to the page here. A lot of players from Steemit Open Mic are there.

Steemit Open Mic Judges

@passion=ground, @soundlegion, @krystle, @verbal-d, @passion-ground, and @meno

Music Creators Guide To Copyrights, Royalties, And Recording Contracts

Common Questions When Entering Steemit Open Mic --- by @luzcypher

How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher

Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher

Official Open Mic Or Passion Ground S Top 5 Entries For Week 109 --- by @passion-ground

Open Mic Week 109 Top 5 And Honorable Mentions --- by @meno

Steemit S Official Open Mic Judge Verbal D S Top 5 Entries For Week 109 Original Blog --- by @verbal-d

Open Mic Week 109 My Top 5 Judges Selection --- by @krystle

4Aojvb Steemit Musicians With Krystle Shane And Isaria Msp Waves Radio 30 Steem Prize 25 Steem Weekly Donation To Open Mic --- by @isaria

Steemit Open Mic Loves Dtube So Why Do I Have To Add A Youtube Video To My Open Mic Entry --- by @luzcypher

Special thanks to @verbal-d, @meno, @passion-ground, and @krystle for help judging the contest this week. Great job.

Steemit Open Mic is not about winning or losing, it's about building a connections on Steemit through music. Watching the collaborations happen online between musicians who played and met on Steemit Open Mic is very rewarding and many of the people who play and post earn some nice rewards for playing a song.

For many, it's easier to get some Steem in your tip jar by playing for Steemit Open Mic than it is to play music on the street.

Steemit Open Mic Trending Posts

Click here to see the current trending posts on Steemit Open Mic

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Top 20 Trending Open Mic Posts

The openmic tag has earned a total of: 245,475.105 SBD worth $233,201.35 USD At Today's Prices of $0.95 USD (Average of $2,159.27 per week in 108 weeks +plus has paid out over 30,500 Steem in prizes!

NOTE: Having a trending post is not how judges pick entries for their Top 5 weekly picks. Sometimes you will trend because of a variety of reasons. Congratulations! You don't need to win Open Mic to earn rewards and build your audience. As you can see, sometimes trending posts earn more than the contest rewards! You could trend by getting curated by other curation groups like @curie for example. The judges look for entertainment value which, of course, is very subjective and varies over time. Just keep playing and engaging with the community which is the whole point of Open Mic. If you love music, we love you.

The most recent top earning posts were:

This chart is provided by @carlgnash.

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@edwardstobia	🎧 Steemit Openmic - Week #109 🎧 - Original Song ¨En una orilla//On a shore¨ #openmic Patrocinado por @Luzcypher & @Pfunk $ 31.5150
@minuetoacademy	Steemit OpenMic Week 109 | @minuetoacademy | La muerte no es el final (cover) $ 26.1100
@salvadorhr18	Steemit Open Mic Week 109 - Añoranza - Pablo Camacaro - Cover Violin, Bass and Venezuelan Cuatro $ 25.4040
@dinoromanelli	Steemit Open Mic Week 109: How Could I Ever Love Anybody Else (Original Song) Dino Romanelli $ 24.9650
@funkmedia	Steemit OpenMic Week 109 - Original Song - Impermanente @funkmedia $ 24.5360
@exzorltg	Steemit Open Mic week 109 | The love me or die - C.W. Stoneking (cover) $ 24.0180
@ael7	Music Cover #2 - Bad Day by FUEL $ 23.9220
@rodrigo98	Steemit Open Mic Week 109 - Careless Whisper $ 21.1910
@abelfernandez	Steemit Openmic Semana 109 - Abel Fernandez - Sabemos - Original $ 19.1700
@daveonarrival	Steemit Open Mic Week 109 - Everything by Lifehouse $ 15.3040
@danieldedosd2	Steemit Open Mic Week 109// Caramba by @danieldedosd2 $ 14.7790
@to7	Steemit Open Mic Week 109 - Clowns Have Feelings Too - @to7 $ 14.2970
@jesuslnrs	Steemit Open Mic Semana 109 | La Esperanza Debida [cóver] $ 8.3050
@xxxplasticman	steemit openmic week 109{cover}eighteen $ 7.3280
@carlosrada	Steemit OpenMic week 109 - carlosrada- cover: Eleanor Rigby $ 7.1390
@pechichemena	Steemit Open Mic Week 109 - Unofficial entry - Original song mash-up :D ! $ 6.3820
@belenlopr	Steemit Open Mic Week 109 / l've got you under my skin / Frank Sinatra cover $ 5.9330
@fabivallenilla	Steemit Openmic Week 109 cover de “En Cambio No” Interpreta @fabivallenilla $ 5.7070
@kkarenmp	Steemit Open Mic Week #109 - Lemon Tree (Cover Violin) por @kkarenmp $ 5.4840
@gugamusic	Steemit Open Mic Semana 109 - (Original) BOSSA IMPRO - @GUGAMUSIC $ 5.3340 Congratulations to all of you who trended this week on Open Mic! Winners from Steemit Open Mic Week 109 It is not getting any easier to pick with all this talent and it is so hard picking winners every week even with 5 judges. Honorable mentions this week in no particular order are: @abelfernandez, @mariajruizb, @lostgalaxy, @drewley, @pechichemena, @dinoromanelli, @lk666, @danieldedosd2, @funkmedia, @betamusic, @lynnm, @carlosrada, @gersonvasquez, @digitalopus,@josevallera, @cristmounicou, @minuetoacademy, @juliolunar, @dreamrafa, @rodrigo98, @betamusic, @maximilianoflute, @eugelys, @juliolunar, and many more on our radar. We Love You All! and the winners are... 1st Place You won 80 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 109 // The Prayer by @dianakyv feat @mayneth --- by @dianakyv This is a most incredible duet from two rather extraordinary Steemit artists. Certainly worthy of filling my top spot this week! = @passion-ground What a beautiful performance and in three languages at that. I got goosebumps so many times listening I just knew this had to go as my first place this week. - @meno Just breathtakingly stunning as always, I was hooked the instant I heard the music intro - then your vocals come along and steal the show, that goes for @mayneth as well... what a beautiful contrast. - @krystle 2nd Place You won 40 Steem Steemit Open Mic 109 Crying Knot Fiddle Cello Voice --- by @montanacellist I'm so glad this one was brought to my attention, of course I had it in my queue for listening, but a little bird told me I was in for a treat and boy the little bird was right. What a beautiful performance. I can't quite place my finger on the style, but for some reason I'm thinking Alt J and that doesn't make that much sense, I know. - @meno Ahhhh the sound just hooked me instantly, I couldn't get enough and listened to this countless times - I am loving the unique sounds we are getting this week, I love hearing some serious variety and this was just perfect. - @krystle 3rd Place You won 26 Steem Steemit Openmic Week 109 - Jose Cabrera Ft. Wilins Mendez - I do not remember anymore (Estopa Cover.) --- by @joseacabrerav Two of my favorite Steemit dudes and friends! Both of them knocked this cover right out of the park! - @passion-ground How awesome is this!! Two mega talented troubadours getting together to do some emotional music. What is not to like? - I'm so glad these two have become good friends and are dedicated to making music these days. I fully expect more and more amazing songs to keep coming from this duo. - @meno 4th Place You won 26 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 109 L Ve Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra Cover --- by @belenlopr Belen got under my skin with this sultry rendition of a Sinatra classic. That means she mainlined it directly into my top-5 - boom! - @passion-ground What vocal control!!! I was really impressed to hear how Belen was hitting all the notes, not missing one single one, and then to just drive it home, decided to simulate a trumpet right there in the middle of the song, just to make sure I don't pass this by. - @meno 5th Place You won 26 Steem Steemit Open Mic Week 109: "With a Little Help From My Friends" (The Beatles Cover) --- by @k0wsk1 As an avid beatles fan, of course this is going to hit my radar and Kowsk1 did a super job with this amazing little song. The falsetto tone was so good, only that merit alone I knew he would make the list. - @meno Just wow the changes are so subtle, but the effect is truly amazing - this was a truly brilliant rendition and just perfect delivery on every level. = @krystle Here's a screenshot of the prizes transferred to the winners this week. Congratulation Everyone And Thanks For Playing Steemit Open Mic. Steemit Open Mic Is About Building A Community Of Musicians On Steemit, Not About Winning --- by @luzcypher Congratulations guys! Thanks again to everyone that entered. Thanks to our sponsors @pfunk, @ausbitbank, @curie, @isaria, and for sponsoring Open Mic! Vote And Enter Open Mic Week 110 by Following This Link Steemit Open Mic Week 110 Record Your Performance And Win Steem Sponsored By Pfunk And Luzcypher --- by @luzcypher Connect With The Music Community On Steemit Steemit Musicians with Krystle, Shane, and Isaria @steemcreative is a witness run by @swelker101 and @isaria and they host a weekly program with @krystle at MSP-Waves radio that features the weekly Top 5 judges picks from Steemit Open Mic. Not only do they give weekly prizes to audience picked performers from the contest, but they have also started sponsoring Open Mic with a 25 Steem weekly donation! How cool is that? Thank you for helping support musicians on the Steemit platform. Songwriters Shoptalk with @meno Each Wednesday night 10-pm Eastern Time you can tune into mspwaves.com and hear interviews, recordings, and live performances from Steemian songwriters Drill down into the craft of songwriting and connect with the artists behind the music Get into MSP/PALNET and become part of our amazing powerful community. Spotlight On The Artist with @d-vine Every Friday connect with musical artists on the Steem blockchain with super host @d-vine, Get into MSP/PALNET and become part of our amazing powerful community. CEST 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm UTC 07:00 pm - 09:00 pm EDT 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm PDT 11:00 am - 01:00 pm Pitch Perfect with @alejandra23 A weekly musical contest. Are you a singer? This is the perfect place. Do you make rap? Come and participate. Are you an instrument performer? Hosted by @d-vine, Go see the latest Pitch Perfect post to get involved. This is open to any kind of music performer in any genre. You can be original if you wish, or you can interpret a song already created, what is sought in this contest is the passion with which you make your presentation, captivate with your interpretation and of course have fun. Cover A Steemian with @pechichemena Cover another song by fellow musicians on Steemit. and use the tag coverasteemian and they just may cover you back. Great way to share music and build connections on the platform. DSound, Decentralized Sound Platform DSound is like SoundCloud only decentralized on the Steem blockchain. Artists can upload their works and hear others music, connect with other artists and earn rewards from community votes. DSound is created by @prc To get involved click on DSound and start making music. Steemit Open Mic trading Cards For those who do not know, Cards & Tokens is organizing a Steemit Openmic card contest. The winners will be chosen based exclusively on the number of votes each card received. The competitors must first claim the authorship of their card, which will generate a new POST that will leave reflected on the steem blockchain the data of the card and thus it will be enabled to receive votes. Related Posts Music Creators Guide To Copyrights, Royalties, And Recording Contracts --- by @luzcypher How To Support Musicians On Steemit And Earn Curation Rewards By Following The Open Mic Trail --- by @luzcypher What Are The Rules To Enter Steemit Open Mic And Why Do We Have Rules Anyways --- by @luzcypher Behind The Scenes Look At The Steemit Open Mic Selection Process How We Pick The Top 3 Entries --- by @luzcypher